a theory to consider…..Fuddy's deputy director was in on the plot.
He said he held her hand.
Why? for comfort.
Believe me, if I am in the ocean after a crash, I want my hands free. My hands and feet free to swim and move myself around.
I think he was told to keep her close an stationary..on the outer edges.
His name is Keith Yamamoto. He was appointed as the First Deputy Director of the Department of Health by Ambercrombie on April 11, 2011. Fuddy dies in December, 2011.
The accident happened after the plane left Kalaupapa island, where the leper colony is.
It was reported that the island is not visited that often by HI health officials, so why now.
Not too many tourists there. In fact. they limit the tourist to 100 a day. Not much there either besides the lepers and their homes and care facilities.
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/keith-yamamoto-new-hawaii-deputy-health-director/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaupapa,_Hawaii